第 8 問 次の英文を読み,下の問い(問 1 ~ 3 )において,本文の内容に一致する最 も適当なものを,それぞれ下のa~dのうちから,一つずつ選べ。
Onedayintheearlyseventeenthcentury,anofficialofChester,England,was askedtoprepareforahorserace.Theofficialagreedtogiveasilvertrophy tothewinneroftherace,andhehireda
*silversmithtomakeatrophy.The silversmithmadethetrophy,buttheofficialthoughtthefinishedproductwasnot quiteright.Heaskedthesilversmithtomakeanothertrophy.Whenthesmith showedthesecondtrophytotheofficial,itwasstillnotright.Sothesmithmade athirdtrophy,whichwasfinallywhattheofficialwaslookingfor.Theofficialnow hadthreetrophiesinsteadofone.Hedidnotwanttowastethevaluablesilver,so hedecidedtogivethetrophiestothepeoplewhocameinfirst,second,andthird place.
出典:Wegner,N.Ever Wonder Why?IBCPublishing,2013.(一部改変)
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*silversmith:銀細工師
問 1 Whatdidtheofficialthinkofthefirsttrophythesilversmithmade? 34 a Itwasverybeautiful.
b Itwasnotbeautifulatall.
c Itwasmorethanenough.
d Itwasnotgoodenough.
問 2 Whydidtheofficialdecidetouseallthreetrophies? 35 a Hewantedtothankthesilversmithforhiswork.
b Hedidn’twanttowastethesilverusedforthetrophies.
c Hecouldn’tchooseonebecausetheywereallbeautiful.
d Hewantedtohonorthetopthreehorse-riders.